Sacramento Yolo Career Technical Education

Partnership

Rick LarkeyDirector of Workforce DevelopmentNorth State Building Industry Foundation

Torence PowellDirector of GreenForce Projects

Cosumnes River College

www.sacyolocte.com

Primary Programs

Teacher Externship Program

Junior ACE Mentoring Program

Career GPS: Offering Career Pathway Development Building and Trades Sustainable/Renewable Energy STEM

Emphasizing Green Careers

Transferrable Skill Development Science, Engineering, Mathematics and

Technology

Catch them early! Foster awareness of potential career pathways

previously unknown

Creating a PIPELINEMiddle SchoolJunior ACE

High School ACE Mentor ProgramSustainability-themed activities, academies

CollegeCC degree/certificateUniversity degree

Workforce

Educator Externship

Purpose of the externship:

To provide a teacher or counselor a work-based experience in a construction or power and energy business that leads to the development of applied learning classroom lessons.

Program Structure

Teachers requirements: Fill out application (March-April) Attend an Orientation (April) Employer Interview (April-June) Spend 40 hours at work (June-July) Attend 2 day lesson plan Session

(August) Develop lesson plan (August) Teach lesson (Aug-Nov) Have students evaluate lesson (Aug-Nov) Submit lesson and evaluations (Oct-Dec) Attend show and tell event with

students (Dec)

Educators earn $2000 for their work

Program Structure

Counselors go through the same process as the teachers except: They work as a group They focus on visiting

post-secondary training and education sites.

Their deliverable is career guidance information

Results to date

2010 22 teachers and 7 counselors Estimated 990 students participated 120 participants for the Show and

Tell event

2009 16 teachers and 5 counselors participated 720 students participated 80 Show and Tell participants

2011 24 teachers and 7 counselors Estimated 700 students participated Estimated 200 participants for the Show and Tell

event

Results: Counselors 17 Education campuses and

training centers visited

CBO’s a<3nd Adult Education California Conservation Corps-

Auburn California Conservation Corps-

Sacramento Northern California Construction

Training Center Sacramento Job Corps Sacramento Regional

Conservation Corps Twin Rivers Green Construction

and HVAC programs

State Colleges California State University:

Construction Management and Engineering

Community Colleges Cosumnes River College:

Construction Technology and Green Building Program

Sacramento City College: HVAC and Thermal Solar Program

Sierra Community College: Construction and Photovoltaic Solar Program

American River College: STRIPE

Apprentice Programs IBEW: Electricians Laborers Operating Engineers PHCC: Plumbers SMACNA: Sheet Metal and HVAC WECA: Electricians

Participating Employers

Abbott & Kindermann, LLP

Baker-Williams Engineering Group

Beutler Corporation

BJ Williams Design

California Building Performance Contractor’s Association

City of West Sacramento

Environmental Landscape Solutions

Ferguson Enterprises

GRA Architecture

Granite Construction

HD Electric

HLA Group

Homes by Towne

Landscape Architects & Planners

LB Construction

Lionakis

Morton & Pitalo, Inc.

Nacht & Lewis Architects

NSBIA Government Relations

PHCC

Poelman Construction

Production Framing

Rayco Electric

Rescue Concrete

Roseville Electric

Sac City Department of Utilities

Sacramento Marketing Company

Shea Homes

SMUD

The New Home Company

Teichert Construction

Timberlake Cabinets

USA Properties Fund

WECA

Well Home

Wood Rogers

Questions?